30 May 2017

NZers save the life of airline crew member in Nepal plane crash

From Morning Report, 7:10 am on 30 May 2017

A team of New Zealanders have saved the life of a crew member of a crashed cargo plane at an airport in Nepal in a dangerous rescue which tested their skills to the limit. Rescue helicopter pilot Andrew Gutsell, who leads the newly established Air Dynasty medical team says his team worked 19 hours to save the flight attendant and also to rescue a co-pilot who later died.